Support for drawers.



M. R. BODINE.

SUPPORT FOR DRAWERS. APPLICATION FILED JULY29. 1914.

Llmflm, Patented De0.14,1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1%, 11915.

Application filed July 29, 1914. Serial No. 853,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MURRAY R. BODINE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Muncy, in the county ofLycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Supports for Drawers, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to a support for drawers in the nature of a slidesupport, providing means on which the drawer may be easily moved in andout and which will avoid the necessity of mortising the uprights of thefurniture as is usually required.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a drawersupport including a metallic member appropriately formed to provide forthe reception of balls which when in position provide a convenient meansfor cooperation with the drawers, the balls projecting so as to supportthe drawers out of possible contact with the adjacent comparativelyrigid portions of the structure.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in thefollowing specification, reference being had particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved drawer support. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. i is an end View.

In constructing the improved drawer support, I utilize a strip of sheetmetal 1 of any desired or appropriate length in accordance with the useto which it is to be put. The strip is formed to provide a U-shapedhousing including side walls 2 and 3 and a bottom wall 4 disposed atright angles to the side walls. One of the side walls at a point aboutone-half its height is bent laterally at right angles to the opposingside wall and projected oppositely therefrom, providing what is in thefinished article a horizontal edge 5.

At appropriate points throughout the length of the channel previouslydescribed below and to one side of the ledge 5, the walls of saidchannel are formed with opposing rounded depressions 6, each pair ofdepressions forming a seat for the metallic ball 7. The size of the seatthus formed as compared with the ball is suflicient to preventaccidental displacement of the ball While permitting free rotationthereof. By reason of the particular arrangement of the balls, the samemay be readily inserted and removed with the fingers, requiring nospecial tool for the application. The end edges of the ledge 5 and theopposing side wall 3 are preferably formed with integral spurs 8 whichmay be driven into the material of the furniture to properly support theslide, though Where such slide is of a considerable length it is alsopreferred to form in the wall 3 above the ball seat one or more openings9 for the reception of screws or simi lar fastenings.

In use, the improved slide will effectively support and guide thedrawers in movement, the use of the balls as sole drawer supportpermitting a full, easy movement of the drawer and preventing thepossibility of sticking. The metallic section of the support is ofcourse to be constructed of any desired length and the use of anysuitable or appropriate material is contemplated. The peculiararrangement of the balls permits the drawer to operate on top of theballs or alongside of the same, the balls in either instance serving asa medium for receiving the sliding movement of the drawer.

What is claimed is:

As an integral article of manufacture, a drawer slide comprising a stripof sheet metal formed to provide a U-shaped housing, a wall extendingabove the channel in alinement with one of the walls of the channel, anda second wall extended laterally of the channel at right angles to thefirst mentioned wall and in alinement with the base of said firstmentioned wall, each of the walls being extended beyond the channel atboth ends of the slide, an integral fastening means formed in theextended portions of both walls, the walls of the channel beinglprelssed out at spaced intervals to receive an s.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MURRAY R. BODINE.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. MILLs, AUGUST A. RAUCK.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

